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but pentagon officials have confirmed the troops will help set up a previously reported u.s. airbase. the base will be used to fly drones for surveillance and potentially for missile strikes. outrage over israel's imprisonment of thousands of palestinians is growing after the death of a prisoner in israeli custody. these are the government claims the prisoner, arafat jaradat, died of a heart attack. but no signs of heart failure were found during the autopsy, and a palestinian doctor who examined his body says he saw visible signs of torture. arafat jaradat was arrested in the occupied west bank last week for throwing rocks at israeli settlers. at a news conference in ramallah, the palestinian authority minister for prisoner affairs said israel is responsible for arafat jaradat's death. >> there were visible marks in the autopsy that made it clear the detainee, arafat jaradat, was badly tortured, which caused his immediate death. israel bears the responsibility for killing during the interrogation. >> arafat jaradat's death sparked protests across the occupied west bank on su
but pentagon officials have confirmed the troops will help set up a previously reported u.s. airbase. the base will be used to fly drones for surveillance and potentially for missile strikes. outrage over israel's imprisonment of thousands of palestinians is growing after the death of a prisoner in israeli custody. these are the government claims the prisoner, arafat jaradat, died of a heart attack. but no signs of heart failure were found during the autopsy, and a palestinian doctor who...
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expressed concern over the ability of foreign hackers to compromise critical american infrastructure the pentagon is planning a range of defensive measures including a massive expansion of its own signer security force. joining me to discuss the developing background is david sanger of the "new york times." he cowrote today's front page story on the subject. joining us later is dune lawrence of bloomberg businessweek if and michael riley of bloomberg. they are learning everything they could. >> so far it's clear they've been into those systems it's not clear they've ever done anything to them. >> rose: why -- >> that's the remarkable question charlie. always the issue is intent and the degree to which the political leadership in china actually is knowledgeable about this and to what degree of control it has over it. because chinese command and control is not always what we image it from afar. in this case, unit 61398 which is the major cyber intelligence unit for the pla but not their own cyber operation. sort of their equivalent of the national security agency or our cyber command which is locat
expressed concern over the ability of foreign hackers to compromise critical american infrastructure the pentagon is planning a range of defensive measures including a massive expansion of its own signer security force. joining me to discuss the developing background is david sanger of the "new york times." he cowrote today's front page story on the subject. joining us later is dune lawrence of bloomberg businessweek if and michael riley of bloomberg. they are learning everything they...
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plans to travel to a major military community in newport news, virginia, to highlight the impact of pentagon cuts and a shipbuilding facility. on monday he urged a gathering of governors to push congress into action to avert the looming sequester showdown. >> now, these in packs will not all be felt on day one, but rest assured, the uncertainty is already having an effect. companies are preparing layoff notices. families are preparing to cut back on expenses. the longer these cuts are in place, the bigger the impact will become. so while you are in town, i hope you speak with your congressional delegation and remind them in no uncertain terms exactly what is at stake and exactly who is at risk. because here is the thing, these cuts do not have to happen. congress can turn them off any time with just a little bit of compromise. >> joining us our guests to uncover how billionaire investor such as pete peterson have helped reshaped the national debate on the economy, the debt, and social spending. between 2007 and 2011, peterson personally contributed nearly $500 million to his peter g. peterso
plans to travel to a major military community in newport news, virginia, to highlight the impact of pentagon cuts and a shipbuilding facility. on monday he urged a gathering of governors to push congress into action to avert the looming sequester showdown. >> now, these in packs will not all be felt on day one, but rest assured, the uncertainty is already having an effect. companies are preparing layoff notices. families are preparing to cut back on expenses. the longer these cuts are in...
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to that point, all of a sudden we've got 3,000 dead americans, the trade towers are taken out, the pentagon's been hit. if it hadn't been for the folks on 93 they'd have taken out the white house or the capitol on washington, d.c. worst attack in our history. worse than pearl harbor by far. and it was our job to make certain it didn't happen again. we were concerned for a couple of rps, partly because the expectation was there would be a follow on attack, nearly everybody believed it. but we also received intelligence that al qaeda was trying to get their hands on deadlier weapons. >> rose: do you regret nothing about the aftermath in terms of how we -- >> regarding 9/11? >> rose: everything that we did and that you were and the president were at the center of the response to 9/11. look back and say "we regret nothing"? >> that's my view. >> rose: none? >> correct. >> rose: you know this has been debated, too. >> sure. >> rose: were we prepared for the consequences after saddam was overthrown? >> well, that was the second proposition. you asked me about the aftermath of 9/11, the policies we
to that point, all of a sudden we've got 3,000 dead americans, the trade towers are taken out, the pentagon's been hit. if it hadn't been for the folks on 93 they'd have taken out the white house or the capitol on washington, d.c. worst attack in our history. worse than pearl harbor by far. and it was our job to make certain it didn't happen again. we were concerned for a couple of rps, partly because the expectation was there would be a follow on attack, nearly everybody believed it. but we...
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the pentagon wants those fighting us wars from a fall in the spotlight defense secretary leon panetta has announced the creation of a distinguished warfare medal it will be handed out to joystick wielding drone pilots who wage their battles without setting foot in combat zones really hard he's really going to explain to my colleagues what it takes to get the award. so your signature you have a joystick and you point click and then get an award essentially that's all it takes to get it together and medal which is supposed to rank higher than the bronze medal which is given out to people who actually perform combat duty but according to the pentagon criteria i'm going to cite it here it will be recognizing a single act that directly affects the combat operation does not involve an act of valor and warrants that award higher than the bronze medal so instead of having to go to the front line and risk the extreme bloody violence there you can just sit in your recliner with a joystick and maybe a couple for example and just wage war from about a thousand miles away. perhaps there is a there
the pentagon wants those fighting us wars from a fall in the spotlight defense secretary leon panetta has announced the creation of a distinguished warfare medal it will be handed out to joystick wielding drone pilots who wage their battles without setting foot in combat zones really hard he's really going to explain to my colleagues what it takes to get the award. so your signature you have a joystick and you point click and then get an award essentially that's all it takes to get it together...
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secretary is stalled by republican senators who say they don't know enough about the man heading for the pentagon. live from our new center here in moscow this is an r.t. with the online on the screen twenty four hours a day picture this it's eight fifty one in the morning in a mid-sized city east of the urals when the sky is lit up by the fiery part of a meteorite about to smash into its final resting place here on earth in this case in the middle of russia well as you can see we've got spectacular firsthand footage from those who witnessed the dramatic arrival and this is just some of it here we have for you on r.t. . joins us live now from the affected region. clearly a terrifying experience for those people where you now tell us what exactly happened today you can hear me there well it looks as if we are having a few communication problems that you can hear me it's bill here live in moscow can you hear me. going to hear me now i think we'll have to leave it will see if we can get back to our correspondent go to prison all of a little later in the meantime we'll give you more details of this m
secretary is stalled by republican senators who say they don't know enough about the man heading for the pentagon. live from our new center here in moscow this is an r.t. with the online on the screen twenty four hours a day picture this it's eight fifty one in the morning in a mid-sized city east of the urals when the sky is lit up by the fiery part of a meteorite about to smash into its final resting place here on earth in this case in the middle of russia well as you can see we've got...
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the pentagon wants those fourteen u.s. wards from a fall firmly in the spotlight defense secretary leon panetta has announced the creation of a distinguished warfare medal we handed out wielding drone to wage their battles with food in combat zones not easily in english to explain to my colleagues what it takes to get the award. so you're sister you have a joystick and you point click and they get an award essentially that's all it takes to get it to get a medal which is supposed to rank higher than the bronze medal which is given out to people who actually perform combat duty but according to the pentagon criteria i'm going to cite it here it will be recognizing a single act that directly affects the combat operation does not involve and the act of valor and warrants that award higher than the bronze medal so instead of having to go to the front line and risk the extreme bloody violence there you can just sit in your recliner with a joystick and maybe a couple for example and just wage war from about a thousand miles away
the pentagon wants those fourteen u.s. wards from a fall firmly in the spotlight defense secretary leon panetta has announced the creation of a distinguished warfare medal we handed out wielding drone to wage their battles with food in combat zones not easily in english to explain to my colleagues what it takes to get the award. so you're sister you have a joystick and you point click and they get an award essentially that's all it takes to get it to get a medal which is supposed to rank higher...
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this is breaking up the set well there is seemingly no shortage of disturbing news coming out of the pentagon these days the latest now by the announcement that the you know d.c. is creating a new medal of honor a medal that honors those brave men and women who get behind their videogame like consuls and assassinate suspected terrorists from their air conditioned offices yet the drone king is now warning his drone operator minions for their outstanding valor it's called the distinguished warfare medal it will be awarded to individuals for their extraordinary.
this is breaking up the set well there is seemingly no shortage of disturbing news coming out of the pentagon these days the latest now by the announcement that the you know d.c. is creating a new medal of honor a medal that honors those brave men and women who get behind their videogame like consuls and assassinate suspected terrorists from their air conditioned offices yet the drone king is now warning his drone operator minions for their outstanding valor it's called the distinguished...
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lead a regiment of 6000 troops into iraq in 2003 and but he spent much of his year -- career in the pentagon. >> a much personal time have you had in afghanistan? >> i have not served an assignment in afghanistan. >> dunford will have to manage the politics in washington and kabul when it comes to recommending how quickly forces should withdraw. >> i look at the strength of the enemy, the capabilities of the afghans security forces. >> president obama has not decided how many will stay in the country or, for that matter, what they will be doing. once the decision has been made, it will be up to general dunford to make sure the plan works and the work of the last 12 years is not undone. >> iran is marking the as long must revolution anniversary. tens of thousands celebrating in the capital waving flags and portraits of the supreme leader. president ahmadinejad is talkign about technology. >> this is one of the most important speeches he will give. he talked about the in fighting that has started. he said, "the government cannot be under pressure both the externally and internally" and he call
lead a regiment of 6000 troops into iraq in 2003 and but he spent much of his year -- career in the pentagon. >> a much personal time have you had in afghanistan? >> i have not served an assignment in afghanistan. >> dunford will have to manage the politics in washington and kabul when it comes to recommending how quickly forces should withdraw. >> i look at the strength of the enemy, the capabilities of the afghans security forces. >> president obama has not...
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secretary is stalled by republican senators who say they don't know enough about the man heading for the pentagon. live from our new center here in moscow this is r.t. with the online on the screen twenty four hours a day picture this it's eight fifty one in the morning in a mid-sized city east of the urals when the sky is lit up by the fiery path of a meteorite about to smash into its final resting place here on earth in this case in the middle of russia well as you can see we've got spectacular firsthand footage from those who witnessed the dramatic arrival and this is just some of it here we have for you on r.t. and r.t. your piskun of joins us live now from the affected region you've got clearly a terrifying experience for those people where you are now tell us what exactly happened today you can hear me there well it looks as if we are having a few communication problems that you can hear me it's all here live in moscow can you hear me. going to hear me now i think we'll have to leave it we'll see if we can get back to our correspondent go to prison all of a little later in the meantime we'l
secretary is stalled by republican senators who say they don't know enough about the man heading for the pentagon. live from our new center here in moscow this is r.t. with the online on the screen twenty four hours a day picture this it's eight fifty one in the morning in a mid-sized city east of the urals when the sky is lit up by the fiery path of a meteorite about to smash into its final resting place here on earth in this case in the middle of russia well as you can see we've got...
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been misleading. >> shepard: what is the pentagon saying now? >> day blame the afghans. the afghan commanders forgot to submit their field reports so the pentagon data was misleading. quote: during a quality control check we became aware that some data was incorrectly entered into the database that is used for tracking security-related incident across afghanistan. >> a regrettable error in our database system that was discovered during a routine quality check. we're making the appropriate adjustments. in spite of the theater adjustments, our assessment for the fundamentalled of progress in afghanistan remains positive. >> nato has taken down the misleading figures from their web site and are revicing them. there's no work inthey -- >> shepard: jennifer griffin at the pentagon with progress from afghanistan is positive. stay tuned. >>> this is what happening when a person testifies in their open murder trial. the prosecution going averageddy arias with a scrapple, talking about the day she killed her boyfriend. >>> the harlem globe trotter and fo
been misleading. >> shepard: what is the pentagon saying now? >> day blame the afghans. the afghan commanders forgot to submit their field reports so the pentagon data was misleading. quote: during a quality control check we became aware that some data was incorrectly entered into the database that is used for tracking security-related incident across afghanistan. >> a regrettable error in our database system that was discovered during a routine quality check. we're making the...
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mainstream media much less is being said about the pentagon's decision to double down on its cyber war workforce expanding from nine hundred to more than forty five hundred employees experts say the move is indicative of washington's evolving military strategy every commander with whom i have spoken is going to be is the next major war will include is cyber component which is the traditional insurgency bob baer the central ground troops the next floor all certainly will include cyber component and the edge of cyber war france could become foes by the click of a mouse and some say in a very short time relations between the u.s. and china over virtual espionage can resemble the long stalemate that took place at the soviet union during the cold war we're in a port i.r.t. new york. or it will cyber war or cyber hype a former pentagon official michael maloof is with me here to discuss certain do these attacks genuinely present a real and imminent danger as the media and government officials frankly portray. yes i do this is. part of an eight and a form of asymmetrical warfare it precludes t
mainstream media much less is being said about the pentagon's decision to double down on its cyber war workforce expanding from nine hundred to more than forty five hundred employees experts say the move is indicative of washington's evolving military strategy every commander with whom i have spoken is going to be is the next major war will include is cyber component which is the traditional insurgency bob baer the central ground troops the next floor all certainly will include cyber component...
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defense secretary is republican senators who say they don't know enough about the man heading for the pentagon our top story. live from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with the on line on the screen twenty four hours a day picture this it's eight fifty one in the morning in a mid-sized city east of the urals when the sky is lit up by the fiery path of a meteorite about to smash in to its final resting place here on earth in this case it happens to be the middle of russia now we've got as you can see spectacular firsthand footage from those who witnessed this dramatic arrival and we've got plenty more for you a little later here on our team now you go to our correspondent has managed to get out to the region today he joins us now live from the affected city tennis clearly a terrifying experience for the people there what exactly happened today what did they see. just imagine it was about the scene the time when most of the people who work with children were in school. and all the suddenly see this extremely bright flash right over the city one man told me it was so bright it hurts ev
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gates who was secretary of defense until the day before yesterday he was part of this operation in the pentagon today you still have somebody in the top five or six michael vickers in the department who actually participated in creating al qaida it's the cia arab legion but at the same time those who have been gone for over a year vickers i think is still there unless i'm going out and that it can happen at a gate well i was i was panetta gates of course but he was he's been there and he presided over the beginning of these these operations with libya and so forth but but take michael because anyway the other interesting point is with the state department get down to the level of sort of technical failures the visa for mood talab the christmas day bomber over detroit if his visa had been pulled he could not have boarded that plane he couldn't have gotten onto the plane for the united states and the state department are the ones who failed to do that so if we look at her record it's a story of failure on multiple points and nevertheless this is balanced by this amazing complacency this amazing s
gates who was secretary of defense until the day before yesterday he was part of this operation in the pentagon today you still have somebody in the top five or six michael vickers in the department who actually participated in creating al qaida it's the cia arab legion but at the same time those who have been gone for over a year vickers i think is still there unless i'm going out and that it can happen at a gate well i was i was panetta gates of course but he was he's been there and he...
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martin this is breaking the set well there is seemingly no shortage of disturbing news coming out of the pentagon these days the latest that would be the announcement that the do you know d. is creating a new medal of honor a medal that honors those brave men and women who get behind their videogame like consuls an assassin a suspected terrorists from their air conditioned offices yet the drone king is now warning his drone operator minions for their outs danding valor it's called the distinguished warfare medal that will be awarded to individuals for their extraordinary achievement related to military operations that have occurred since nine eleven i'm thinking that it should look a little bit like this. because we all know what it cheapened it is to lazy sit behind a computer screen and kill kids with the touch of a button right we get this this is the first combat related award created since the bronze star and nineteen forty four and for that matter it will stand a higher in a ranking than the traditional bronze star medal you know one that you actually have to win by physically fighting for
martin this is breaking the set well there is seemingly no shortage of disturbing news coming out of the pentagon these days the latest that would be the announcement that the do you know d. is creating a new medal of honor a medal that honors those brave men and women who get behind their videogame like consuls an assassin a suspected terrorists from their air conditioned offices yet the drone king is now warning his drone operator minions for their outs danding valor it's called the...
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so he clearly is a strong ally of this system and i think that he is being brought into running the pentagon because of partly because of that relationship what we're seeing right now is some criticism from the republicans about the about this particular school system but there is a competition going on for various missile defense projects the boeing corporation has projects that the bush administration favored the obama administration is favored ones that are being manufactured by raytheon in general dynamics and so really what little argument we see in the congress is more about which corporations are going to get the big contracts in the years ahead your thoughts on the subject bruce gagne on corner coordinator of the global network against weapons and nuclear power in space thank you for a thought on the subject thank you. massive strikes have shaken the streets of spain to this week as tens of thousands of teachers and students voiced their anger over education cuts but the government seems to be turning a blind eye to the crowds and says it's committed to belt tightening measures as it
so he clearly is a strong ally of this system and i think that he is being brought into running the pentagon because of partly because of that relationship what we're seeing right now is some criticism from the republicans about the about this particular school system but there is a competition going on for various missile defense projects the boeing corporation has projects that the bush administration favored the obama administration is favored ones that are being manufactured by raytheon in...
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red faced pentagon is left to explain how iranian fuel ended up power in the u.s. we're machines conflicts years long violation of america's own embargo against the islamic state. and east or west home is best the u.k. government plans to persuade romanians and bulgarians that the old saying is true if it fears the inflow of immigrants will become overwhelming. and also reporting the. seventy years since the battle of stalingrad the bloodiest fighting human history which cost two million lives but change the course of the second world war . online on screen around the world this is r.t. live from our new center here in moscow with the twenty four hours a day violent protests have swept through several egyptian cities overnight in cairo the wave of rioting reached the presidential palace for the first time in more than a week of turmoil bombs were thrown over the gates with thousands demanding the president steps down police responded with tear gas and water cannons one person was killed and at least fifty injured in the clashes reported true witnessed the mayhem. i
red faced pentagon is left to explain how iranian fuel ended up power in the u.s. we're machines conflicts years long violation of america's own embargo against the islamic state. and east or west home is best the u.k. government plans to persuade romanians and bulgarians that the old saying is true if it fears the inflow of immigrants will become overwhelming. and also reporting the. seventy years since the battle of stalingrad the bloodiest fighting human history which cost two million lives...
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so he clearly is a strong ally of this system and i think that he is being brought into running the pentagon because of partly because of that relationship what we're seeing right now is some criticism from the republicans about the about this particular school system but there is a competition going on for various missile defense projects the boeing corporation has projects that the bush administration favored the obama administration is favored ones that are being manufactured by raytheon in general dynamics and so really what little argument we see in the congress is more about which corporations are going to get the big contracts in the years ahead or i appreciate your thoughts on the subject bruce gagne on corner coordinator of the global network against weapons and nuclear power in space thank you for a thought on the subject thank you. massive strikes have shaken the streets of spain to this week as tens of thousands of teachers and students voiced their anger over education cuts but the government seems to be turning a blind eye to the crowds and says it's committed to belt tightenin
so he clearly is a strong ally of this system and i think that he is being brought into running the pentagon because of partly because of that relationship what we're seeing right now is some criticism from the republicans about the about this particular school system but there is a competition going on for various missile defense projects the boeing corporation has projects that the bush administration favored the obama administration is favored ones that are being manufactured by raytheon in...
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red faced pentagon is left to explain how it reagan fuel ended up powering the u.s. war machines conflicts years long violation of america's only against the islamic state. west home is best government plans to persuade romanians and bulgarians that the old saying is true as it fears the inflow of immigrants will become overwhelming. and also reporting the. seventy years since the battle of stalingrad the bloodiest fighting human history which cost two million lives but changed the course of the second world war. and on screen around the world this is r.t. live from the new center here. oh with the twenty four hours a day violent protests have swept through several egyptian cities overnight in cairo the wave of rioting reached the presidential palace for the first time in more than a week of turmoil petrol bombs were thrown over the gates with thousands demanding the president steps down police responded with tear gas and water cannons one person was killed and at least fifty injured in the clashes reportable true witnessed the mayhem. i personally witnessed a lot of
red faced pentagon is left to explain how it reagan fuel ended up powering the u.s. war machines conflicts years long violation of america's only against the islamic state. west home is best government plans to persuade romanians and bulgarians that the old saying is true as it fears the inflow of immigrants will become overwhelming. and also reporting the. seventy years since the battle of stalingrad the bloodiest fighting human history which cost two million lives but changed the course of...
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secretary is stalled by republican senators who say they don't know enough about the man heading for the pentagon our top stories this hour. live from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with the on line on the screen twenty four hours a day picture this it's eight fifty one in the morning in a mid sized city east of the urals when the sky is lit up by the fiery part of a meteorite about to smash in to its final resting place here on earth in this case it happens to be the middle of russia now we've got as you can see spectacular firsthand footage from those who witnessed this dramatic arrival and we've got plenty more for you a little later here on our team you go to our correspondent has managed to get out to the region today he joins us now live from the affected city tennis clearly a terrifying experience for the people there what exactly happened today what did they see. well just imagine it was about the same the time when most of the people were already at work the children were in schools or in kindergartens and all of the suddenly see this extremely bright flash of light and right
secretary is stalled by republican senators who say they don't know enough about the man heading for the pentagon our top stories this hour. live from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with the on line on the screen twenty four hours a day picture this it's eight fifty one in the morning in a mid sized city east of the urals when the sky is lit up by the fiery part of a meteorite about to smash in to its final resting place here on earth in this case it happens to be the middle of...
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for obvious reasons, the pentagon have made their own case to the president. with the new resource problem home -- problem in mali. look what it took to support french forces against al qaeda subcontractors. if we can't do that, when americans are held hostage and killed, what kind of response do you really expect for -- >> is that a consequence of the u.s. not getting involved in mali earlier? >> what is the implication from that? that we need to be involved -- >> we were concerned about molly for at least eight months. only now there is discussion about what we should -- >> have another discussion on benghazi for the thousandth time. >> we are in the in danger -- in no danger of intervening too much. that is not what we have to worry about. >> let's move on. if you have a question, raise your hands and identify yourself. keep your questions short. let's go to -- then this woman right here in the black. >> as joshua said, syria is part of a broader middle east. what would be the position of the u.s. when lebanon, jordan, maybe israel and the whole region woul
for obvious reasons, the pentagon have made their own case to the president. with the new resource problem home -- problem in mali. look what it took to support french forces against al qaeda subcontractors. if we can't do that, when americans are held hostage and killed, what kind of response do you really expect for -- >> is that a consequence of the u.s. not getting involved in mali earlier? >> what is the implication from that? that we need to be involved -- >> we were...
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secretary is stalled by republican senators who say they don't know enough about the man heading for the pentagon our top stories this hour. from the new center here in moscow this is the on line on screen twenty four hours a day so picture this it's eight fifty one in the morning in a mid-sized city east of the urals when the sky is lit up by the fiery part of the me to write about to smash into its final resting place here on earth in this case in the middle of russia one eyewitness was the canadian hockey player michael garnett a volunteer first hand account of the dramatic arrival. speak bright like shiny across the sky you know blinding brighter than the sun and then it was followed by a huge. explosion a minute or so later that broke last and everything on the lake fixtures were swaying back and forth i don't point to when looking out the window when i saw this giant street going across the sky like a tail cloud what what had just happened. at that point i knew it was something that came from the sky immediately called one of my teammates who lives in my building and. you know i couldn't ge
secretary is stalled by republican senators who say they don't know enough about the man heading for the pentagon our top stories this hour. from the new center here in moscow this is the on line on screen twenty four hours a day so picture this it's eight fifty one in the morning in a mid-sized city east of the urals when the sky is lit up by the fiery part of the me to write about to smash into its final resting place here on earth in this case in the middle of russia one eyewitness was the...
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defense secretary is a republican senator say they don't know enough about the man heading for the pentagon. live from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with the online on screen twenty four hours a day picture this it's eight fifty one in the morning and a mid size city east of the urals in central russia when the sky is lit up by the fall off of a meteorite about to smash into its final resting place here on earth right in the middle of russia well it has got a firsthand account from a man who witnessed the dramatic arrival. big bright like he was shining across the sky you know blinding brighter than the sun and then it was followed by a huge. explosion you know about a minute or so later that broke last and everything on the light fixtures were swaying back and forth and i at that point when looked out the window and i saw this giant streak going across the sky like the tail of the cloud of what what had just happened and i thought at that point i knew it was something that came from the sky immediately called one of my teammates who lives in my building and i you know i couldn
defense secretary is a republican senator say they don't know enough about the man heading for the pentagon. live from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with the online on screen twenty four hours a day picture this it's eight fifty one in the morning and a mid size city east of the urals in central russia when the sky is lit up by the fall off of a meteorite about to smash into its final resting place here on earth right in the middle of russia well it has got a firsthand account from...
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to corner iran with sanctions against its oil industry may have been undermined by the us itself the pentagon admitted it cannot verify the way exactly the u.s. purchased over a billion dollars worth of fuel for its operations in afghanistan in recent years oh she's going there to check out in our reports. the u.s. gives money to the afghan government to buy fuel for its forces now u.s. officials especially specter general for afghanistan reconstruction say they cannot verify that the fuel purchased for afghan security forces in recent years did not come from iran it could be their way of saying that it probably did come for the wrong and it could mean that the u.s. has violated its own sanctions thereby letting us taxpayer dollars go to remain coffers those sanctions that the u.s. has put in place not only bar u.s. companies from doing business with iran but also punish third party countries for doing business with iran but no matter how many rounds of sanctions are in effect they were never watertight even though the european union under a lot of pressure from washington stopped buying uran
to corner iran with sanctions against its oil industry may have been undermined by the us itself the pentagon admitted it cannot verify the way exactly the u.s. purchased over a billion dollars worth of fuel for its operations in afghanistan in recent years oh she's going there to check out in our reports. the u.s. gives money to the afghan government to buy fuel for its forces now u.s. officials especially specter general for afghanistan reconstruction say they cannot verify that the fuel...
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welcome back the pentagon is questioning the effectiveness of the u.s. missile defense shield in europe after a leaked congressional briefing revealed the system may not be fit for purpose the study claims the shields may be unable to protect america and its nato allies from a potential iranian missile strike reports also acknowledges moscow's concerns that the us system undermines russia's nuclear deterrent washington insists it's not targeted against russia or refuses to provide a legally binding guarantees moscow sees a system of the many close to russia look at this for the record threats to its security. over the messiah shield has strained relations between the two states president obama had promised to be more flexible on a subject after his reelection some observers doubt the u.s. will give up its geopolitical allegations. ever intended to protect against iranian missiles something units like that do not even exist iran has no nuclear weapons nor do they have the ability to launch a missile all the way to the united states clearly this missile de
welcome back the pentagon is questioning the effectiveness of the u.s. missile defense shield in europe after a leaked congressional briefing revealed the system may not be fit for purpose the study claims the shields may be unable to protect america and its nato allies from a potential iranian missile strike reports also acknowledges moscow's concerns that the us system undermines russia's nuclear deterrent washington insists it's not targeted against russia or refuses to provide a legally...
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we've actually seen before in i think december november of last year it actually was revealed that the pentagon has depended on iran for antivenom in snake venom. medicine for troops and there was this it was revealed sort of became a controversy that ok potentially we're also violating our own same sions in order to treat wounds that u.s. troops experience in afghanistan because of snakebites and again what do you do about that you know your own is right there and they're the chief producer of this so do you cut them off is that in u.s. interest to be doing the raise a lot of questions about the sanctions policy and the ramifications for for u.s. interests but let's talk about that for a minute because obviously as you mentioned iran and afghanistan are close and afghanistan actually gets the majority of its oil from iran i think it's third to a half was the latest estimates of this but obviously the u.s. is trying to draw down its presence in afghanistan so can we really expect the u.s. to both draw down its presence in afghanistan and also monitor the sanctions that are going on there so str
we've actually seen before in i think december november of last year it actually was revealed that the pentagon has depended on iran for antivenom in snake venom. medicine for troops and there was this it was revealed sort of became a controversy that ok potentially we're also violating our own same sions in order to treat wounds that u.s. troops experience in afghanistan because of snakebites and again what do you do about that you know your own is right there and they're the chief producer of...
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mainstream media much less is being said about the pentagon's decision to double down on its cyber war workforce expanding from nine hundred to more than forty five hundred employees experts say the move is indicative of washington's evolving military strategy every commander. is going to the next major war will include is cyber component it won't just be a traditional insurgency a body of their craft a center a ground troops the next floor all certainly will include a cyber component and the edge of cyber war france could become foes by the click of a mouse and some say in a very short time relations between the u.s. and china over a virtual espionage can resemble the long stalemate that took place at the soviet union during the cold war we're in a port i.r.t. new york. and on aunty dot com you can have your say and express your opinion on what's going on between the u.s. and china you know paul so let's now have a look at how you have been voting so far so that we go all right about more than actually sixty five percent more than half of you saying that this is part of the p.r. campa
mainstream media much less is being said about the pentagon's decision to double down on its cyber war workforce expanding from nine hundred to more than forty five hundred employees experts say the move is indicative of washington's evolving military strategy every commander. is going to the next major war will include is cyber component it won't just be a traditional insurgency a body of their craft a center a ground troops the next floor all certainly will include a cyber component and the...
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secretary of defense he is the first such presidential nominee for pentagon chief this is happened to the senators claiming they need more time for another hearing as are he's going to judge you can comments. those who blocked the vote on chuck hagel nomination this thursday know very well that he will eventually be confirmed as defense secretary there are enough votes in the senate to confirm him but the stalling of the vote together with the humiliating treatment that the senators gave chuck hagel two weeks ago at his confirmation hearing this whole process is seen as a message all by itself those lawmakers showed that they could crush anyone who would allow themselves to dissent from washington's core foreign policy beliefs chuck hagel remarks at the confirmation hearing disappointed even his supporters during the hearing which to many seemed like an inclusive mr haygood had to backtrack on many of the statements he had made before including that war with iran should not be an option including his criticism of israel's actions and some other foreign policy views that he had express
secretary of defense he is the first such presidential nominee for pentagon chief this is happened to the senators claiming they need more time for another hearing as are he's going to judge you can comments. those who blocked the vote on chuck hagel nomination this thursday know very well that he will eventually be confirmed as defense secretary there are enough votes in the senate to confirm him but the stalling of the vote together with the humiliating treatment that the senators gave chuck...
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mainstream media much less is being said about the pentagon's decision to double down on its cyber war work force expanding from nine hundred to more than forty five hundred employees experts say the move is indicative of washington's evolving military strategy every commander with whom i have spoken is going to be the next major war will include cyber component it will just be a traditional insurgency a body of their central ground troops the next floor all certainly will include a cyber component and the edge of cyber war france could become foes by the click of a mouse and some say in a very short time relations between the u.s. and china over virtual espionage can resemble the long stalemate that took place with the soviet union during the cold war we're in a port i.r.t. new york. and you can have your say on what these scandals and cyber wars are all about just by heading over to r.t. dot com we're doing a twenty four hour global poll right now let's see how the numbers are adding up from their web site they do change a little bit from hour to hour so when it comes to these whole
mainstream media much less is being said about the pentagon's decision to double down on its cyber war work force expanding from nine hundred to more than forty five hundred employees experts say the move is indicative of washington's evolving military strategy every commander with whom i have spoken is going to be the next major war will include cyber component it will just be a traditional insurgency a body of their central ground troops the next floor all certainly will include a cyber...
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it did suggest that the pentagon is pushing a plan that would keep only 8000 troops in afghanistan. general austin, can you support a plan that was scheduled withdrawal of troops in advance? we are looking at the withdrawal of troops in afghanistan. according to this article, from 8000 to about 1000 in a short period and of time. i have questions if we can even maintain our mission, let alone complete the mission. how can you make decisions on troop withdrawal when, as you stated previously, so much depends on troops on the ground, what the government is doing, what their abilities are at that point. how would you approach a proposal like that? >> i would really work hard to make sure i fully understood what to the leadership wanted to get done moving into the future. my advice as a commander on the ground or a commander of central command -- i would provide my advice to them based upon where i think the security forces are , the conditions in the theater, and what i think we need to do to move full word to make sure we maintain the gains we have achieved. so much is tied to what it
it did suggest that the pentagon is pushing a plan that would keep only 8000 troops in afghanistan. general austin, can you support a plan that was scheduled withdrawal of troops in advance? we are looking at the withdrawal of troops in afghanistan. according to this article, from 8000 to about 1000 in a short period and of time. i have questions if we can even maintain our mission, let alone complete the mission. how can you make decisions on troop withdrawal when, as you stated previously, so...
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military itself the pentagon has admitted a con to council some of the fuel it brought in for its called gratian in afghanistan it's now suspected that the ranee and petrol made up a significant percentage of imports as artie's then should you can explains. the u.s. gives money to the afghan government to buy fuel for its forces now u.s. officials especially spoke to general for afghanistan reconstruction say they cannot verify that the fuel purchased for afghan security forces in weeks years did not come from iran it could be their way of saying that it was probably for the wrong and it could mean that the u.s. has violated its own actions there by letting u.s. taxpayer dollars go to even coffers those sanctions that the u.s. has put in place not only bar u.s. companies from doing business with iran but also punish third party countries for doing business with iran but no matter how many rounds of sanctions are in effect they were never watertight even though the european union under a lot of pressure from washington stopped buying uranium oil you have a host of other countries that sti
military itself the pentagon has admitted a con to council some of the fuel it brought in for its called gratian in afghanistan it's now suspected that the ranee and petrol made up a significant percentage of imports as artie's then should you can explains. the u.s. gives money to the afghan government to buy fuel for its forces now u.s. officials especially spoke to general for afghanistan reconstruction say they cannot verify that the fuel purchased for afghan security forces in weeks years...
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welcome back the pentagon is questioning the effectiveness of the u.s. missile defense shield in europe after a leaked congressional briefing revealed the system may not be fit for purpose the study claims the shields may be unable to protect america and its nato allies from a potential iranian missile strike reports also acknowledges moscow's concerns that the us system undermines russia's nuclear deterrent washington insists it's not targeted against russia refuses to provide a legally binding guarantees moscow sees a system alarmingly close to russia look at this for the record threats to its security. over the messiah shield has strained relations between the two states president obama had promised to be more flexible on a subject after his reelection some observers doubt the u.s. will give up its geo political ambitions. never intended to protect against iranian missiles something in fact that do not even exist iran has no nuclear weapons nor do they have capability to launch a missile all the way to the united states clearly this missile defense sy
welcome back the pentagon is questioning the effectiveness of the u.s. missile defense shield in europe after a leaked congressional briefing revealed the system may not be fit for purpose the study claims the shields may be unable to protect america and its nato allies from a potential iranian missile strike reports also acknowledges moscow's concerns that the us system undermines russia's nuclear deterrent washington insists it's not targeted against russia refuses to provide a legally...
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like to see this big mess for the country meanwhile in his last public appearance before retiring the pentagon chief leon panetta admitted he backed the plan of arming syrian rebels however the white house reportedly vetoed the idea russia was on void to the un told r.t. that despite this the u.s. still has a lot to do with the ongoing crisis in syria the full version of vitaly churkin exclusive interviews on our website r.t. dot com. but the united states chose to stay clean of the bad guys at some point of the crisis the did realize it seems that things going very wrong you know that that is terrorist groups were coming in that the radical islamists are where we're active and that the original scenario they had in mind that it would take just a couple of months to topple the assad regime and then sort of democracy will triumph was completely unrealistic but i mean they're not us this is an extremely powerful country definitely with a lot of an influence on for example such a country as qatar which is reportedly of the main source of weapons and support for for armed opposition so the fact th
like to see this big mess for the country meanwhile in his last public appearance before retiring the pentagon chief leon panetta admitted he backed the plan of arming syrian rebels however the white house reportedly vetoed the idea russia was on void to the un told r.t. that despite this the u.s. still has a lot to do with the ongoing crisis in syria the full version of vitaly churkin exclusive interviews on our website r.t. dot com. but the united states chose to stay clean of the bad guys at...